<i>Anopheles funestus</i> resistant to pyrethroid insecticides in South Africa

Hargreaves, K.; L. Koekemoer, Lizette; D. Brooke, Basil; H. Hunt, Richard; Mthembu, J.; Coetzee, Maureen

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2915.2000.00234.x

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Anopheles funestus resistant to pyrethroid insecticides in South Africa

Published in Medical and Veterinary Entomology • Jun 1, 2000

Authors:

K. Hargreaves

Lizette L. Koekemoer

Basil D. Brooke

Abstract

Northern Kwazulu/Natal (KZN) Province of South Africa borders on southern Mozambique, between Swaziland and the Indian Ocean. To control malaria vectors in KZN, houses were sprayed annually with residual DDT 2 g/ m2 until 1996 when the treatment changed to deltamethrin 20-25 mg/m2. At Ndumu (27 degr...

Subject

Deltamethrin

Biology

Permethrin

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